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ture. The field has been kept absolutely free 

 of weeds, so we aren't put to it now to catch 

 up after a time of dispirited neglect. One 

 more cultivation and our corn is "made" and 

 it will be a top-notch crop. You needn't tell 

 me that this way of doing things isn't right or 

 that it doesn't pay. I'm ready to bet that this 

 year at Happy Hollow we'll beat the average 

 corn crop of the state at least four to one. 



Our fourth year gave us the proof on this 

 corn practice, if we needed proof. We had 

 twenty acres of our best land in corn that year, 

 and it was given the same care our field has 

 had this year. In that year we found that the 

 mark we'd set of a hundred bushels to the acre 

 wasn't a crazy vision. A part of our field, 

 where the plows had gone deepest and the sub- 

 soil conditions were best, made a surprising 

 showing for itself as the season advanced. It 

 came mighty near being perfect corn, almost 

 entirely free of barren stalks, the long plump 

 ears well set low on the stalks. At harvest a 

 measured acre gave us one hundred and ten 

 bushels of as fine grain as any farmer would 

 want to see. The rest of the field had received 

 the same attention in cultivation and in every 

 other particular, following the spring break- 



